JOIN US IN BEING PART OF THE SOLUTION!
AMERICAN SAMOA ADVISORY PANEL 2023-2026
Photo: Travis Tua
HELP US TO IMPROVE FISHERIES MANAGEMENT
Our mission is to engage the fishing community and provide opportunities to actively participate in the Western Pacific fishery management process.
American Samoa Focus Areas
2023-2026
•Connect with villages and educators to gather better catch information to:
° develop management plans
° promote sustainable government regulations
•Meet with neighboring countries to plan for climate change in fisheries
•Encourage fisheries development and diversification
•Support local longline fishery and food security/seafood marketing
SUCCESSFUL INITIATIVE
3
COUNCIL REVIEWS AND IF AGREES WITH INITIATIVE: Decides priority level Facilitates implementation Partners with other agencies
2 REVIEWED BY ADVISTORY PANEL WHO MAKES RECOMMENDATION TO COUNCIL
1 INITIATIVES FROM THE COMMUNITY
SHARE YOUR FISHERY CONCERNS WITH OUR ADVISORY PANEL TEAMWe are appointed by the Council and provide a bridge between our fishing community and fishery managers and scientists. We listen to the community’s sentiments about fishing resources and challenges, and provide advice and recommendations to the Council.
CONTACT INFO
HAWAI‘I - Researcher, noncommercial fisher
808-284-4390
hifish06@yahoo.com
Vice Chair
Nate IlaoaAMERICAN SAMOA Restaurant owner
684-699-2739
nate@pavafox.com
Council Island Coordinator
Felix Penalosa
684-733-2754
felix.penalosa@wpcouncil.org
American Samoa
AP Members
Joe Hamby seafood processor, commercial fisher
Jerome Ierome noncommercial fisher
Dustin Snow
marketer, noncommercial fisher
Brian Thompson noncommercial fisher
Nonu Tuisamoa noncommercial fisher
Alternates
Joseph Fa‘aita noncommercial fisher
Ray Tulafono
territorial fisheries management (retired), noncommercial fisher
Chair Clay Tam
FISHERMEN CODE OF CONDUCT TULAFONO FAAFOE MO TAGATA FAGOGOTA
1. RESPECT NATURE and your place in it. FA‘AALOALO I LE NATURA O MEA ma lou tulaga o loo i ai.
2. SEEK ADVICE of experts with generational knowledge of the local resources.
SAILI LE TOFĀ a matuaofaiva o loo i ai le silafia o punao‘a faalotoifale.
3. SHOW REGARD to spawning seasons and juvenile fish.
TAUTUANĀ vaitaimi e faanoa ai i‘ a ma i‘a laiti.
4. DO NOT WASTE. Take only what is needed.
AUA LE FAAMAUMAU. Ave na o mea e mana ‘omia.
5. KEEP SAFE people, property and resources. IA SAOGALEMU tagata, meatotino ma punao ‘ a.
6. OBEY fishing laws and rules. USITA‘I i tulafono o fagotaga ma o latou aiaiga.
7. USE PROPER gear and techniques. FA‘AAOGA TATAU metotia ma mea fagota.
8. PICK UP YOUR TRASH. TA‘ALAO AU OTAOTA.
9. SHARE your catch. FA‘ASOA lou faiva.
The Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council is one of eight councils established by Congress in 1976. Under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (MSA), the Council manages fisheries in the Pacific Ocean from three to 200 miles around Hawai‘i, American Samoa, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, Guam and the U.S. Pacific Remote Island Areas.
Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council 1164 Bishop Street, Suite 1400, Honolulu, Hawai‘i 96813
phone: (808) 522-8220 email: info@wpcouncil.org
web: www.wpcouncil.org
© 2023, ISBN 978-1-950193-24-0
Published in the United States by the Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council under NOAA Award NA20NMF4410013.
Translated by Okenaisa Fauolo, Samoan Studies Institute, American Samoa Community College.
